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Half the World (Belinda Carlisle song)

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"Half the World"
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Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Live Your Life Be Free
ReleasedDecember 1991
Genre Pop ballad
Length4:23
Label
Songwriters
Producer Richard Feldman
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"
(1991)		"Half the World"
(1991)		"I Plead Insanity"
(1992)
Music video
"Belinda Carlisle - Half The World (Official HD Music Video)" on YouTube

"Half the World" is a song by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in December 1991 by Offside and Virgin Records, as the third single from her fourth studio album, " Live Your Life Be Free " (1991). The song was written by Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly and Ellen Shipley, and produced by Feldman. It features backing vocals from Sheryl Crow and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. A music video was produced to promote the single. [1]

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Critical reception

Upon its release as single, Music & Media described the song as a "lushly orchestrated ballad". [2] David Quantick of NME criticized it as "gourmet toss ordinaire" and "a weedy 'Time After Time' clone ballad". He was more favorable towards the version of "Live Your Life Be Free" which appears as a B-side on the single, describing it as "a belting verse which suggests Carlisle could be the punk rock Suzi Quatro of the 21st century". [3] In a retrospective review of "Live Your Life Be Free", Justin Kantor of AllMusic noted the song's "elegant arrangement" and "timeless melody", the latter of which he considered "the kind that made earlier hits like 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth' and 'Circle in the Sand' mainstays on radio long after their chart runs." [4]

Track listings

  1. "Half the World" (radio edit)
  2. "Only a Dream" (previously unreleased) (Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, and Richard Feldman)
  3. "Live Your Life Be Free" (Original intro version)
  1. "Half the World" (album version)
  2. "Vision of You" (Remix 91 version)
  3. "Circle in the Sand" (album version)
  4. "Love Never Dies" (album version)

Charts

Chart (1991–1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 129
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [6] 93
Germany (GfK) [7] 62
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 35
UK Airplay ( Music Week ) [9] 26

References

  1. ↑ "Belinda Carlisle "Half The World"". YouTube . Retrieved January 6, 2012.[ dead YouTube link ]
  2. ↑ "New releases: Singles". Music & Media . February 8, 1992.
  3. ↑ Quantick, David (January 11, 1992). "Singles". New Musical Express . p. 14.
  4. ↑ "Live Your Life be Free - Belinda Carlisle | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  5. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received May 29, 2015". ARIA . Retrieved February 5, 2026– via Imgur.
  6. ↑ "European Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 9, no. 5. February 1, 1992. p. 17. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 18/1/1992 – Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ↑ "Top 50 Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . January 18, 1992. p. 14. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
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